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Meryl Streep, Patti Smith, holiday markets—here’s your cultural cheat sheet for the last days of 2014.

Here’s your cultural cheat sheet for the last days of 2014, featuring Meryl Streep, Patti Smith, holiday markets, and an app that tracks Santa’s sleigh.

  • Into the Woods
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    Into the Woods

    With a kid-friendly plot based on Grimm fairy tales and star turns by Meryl Streep and Johnny Depp, this might be the perfect family movie for the holidays.
    Opens Thursday, December 25

  • Patti Smith at Webster Hall
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    Patti Smith at Webster Hall

    For your friend who loved Just Kids, it’s the best gift ever: tickets to see the punk legend Patti Smith, live, in the East Village.
    Monday, December 29

  • Ice Skating at Bryant Park
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    Ice Skating at Bryant Park

    December in New York City isn’t complete without a trip to one of the city’s picturesque ice rinks. This one is free if you happen to have skates. For the rest of us, rentals are available, as well as skating lessons.
    Until March 1

  • Macys Santaland
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    Macy’s Santaland

    Want a picture with Santa at Macy’s? There’s an app for that. It lets you reserve Saint Nick’s lap in advance.

    Until December 24

  • Charli XCX Sucker
    Photo: Courtesy of Atlantic Records
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    Charli XCX, Sucker

    Get acquainted with next year’s pop superstar: the British signer Charli XCX. After a radio hit (“Boom Clap”) and an appearance on **Iggy Azalea’**s “Fancy,” she’s out with a brand new album, _Sucker.

    Available now_

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